The song is about a pigeon that is kept in a cage and dreams of flying freely through green fields, forests, and mountains while hearing church bells in the distance. The pigeon looks through its cage at the world outside and dreams of being able to spread its wings and fly away to distant lands as a free skyline pigeon.

1. Skyline Pigeon ( Elton John -Bernie Toupin )

2. Let me fly to distant lands Turn me loose from your hands

3. Over green fields, trees and mountains

4. Flowers and forest fountains

5. Home along the lanes of the skyway

6. Projects a shadow cast in gloom For this dark and lonely room

7. Thinking of the way Of the world outside And my eyes are mirrors

8. From purple into grey And these shadows turn That the wind can turn the tide

9. Dreaming of the open For just a Skyline Pigeon

10. And fly away again He can spread his wings Waiting for the day

11. You 've left so very far behind Towards the dreams Fly away skyline pigeon fly

12. To the smell of new mown hay Just let me wake up in the morning

13. In the brightness of my day To laugh and cry, to live and die

14. Of distant churches sing I want to hear the pealing bells

15. From this aching metal ring But most of all please free me

17. Dreaming of the open For just a Skyline Pigeon

18. And fly away again He can spread his wings Waiting for the day

19. You 've left so very far behind Towards the dreams Fly away skyline pigeon fly

20. Skyline Pigeon ( Elton John -Bernie Toupin )